Shadow coat colour in American mink associated with a missense mutation in the KIT gene.

Abstract excerpt

The classical genetic analysis describes more 35 mutations that are involved in the formation of the American mink (Neovison vison) fur colour phenotype. To date, only eight of these mutations have been linked to specific genes. Shadow is a member of the commercially valuable Black cross colour family. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing of the American mink with a Shadow Silverblue (Sh /+ p/p) phenotype....

Topics

• Animals
• Color
• Hair Color
• Mink
• Mutation
• Mutation, Missense
• Phenotype